Preacher David's Corner

                                                               "Are you contagious?"

The definition of contagious is; (of an emotion, feeling, or attitude) likely to spread to and affect others: "her enthusiasm is contagious”. What does it cost to say “Thank You”? I try to say thank you, at least seven times a day or more. Being from the south you may hear me say; “Thank you Ma’am” or thank you Sir”. For me, “thank you” are two great words. Do you use them? Are you contagious? I would like to say “Thank you” to, Nurses, EMTs, Doctors, First Responders, Respiratory Therapists and all our medical folks. Thank you, Police Departments, Fire Departments, Pastors, Churches, Teachers and all our volunteers. The list goes on. Thank you, Seniors who are graduating and missing the last several months of their high school years. We must all work together in this crisis but there are better days ahead. I am praying for you as you serve. Most of all I thank God for sending Jesus that I can have a relationship with my Heavenly Father! I thank Jesus for all He has done for all of us. I thank Him for my salvation and what He did for me on Calvary. I thank Him for my wife, my family, a warm house, vehicle to drive, food to eat and work to do for His cause. The list goes on. When I think of the goodness of Jesus and what he has done for me my soul cries out, “thank God for saving me”. Pastors and church leaders are working very hard to serve during this pandemic. Do you thank them? As I go to Drive-in church services I see folks setting up the sound equipment, I-Phones and cameras for videoing for viewing on Facebook or live streaming on their Website. Can you imagine preaching to an empty church building or even at home? I see Worship Leaders getting the music ready for worship. Others are directing traffic, taking up offerings and other jobs are being done. They are careful to wear masks and stay six feet away trying to keep everyone healthy. Do you and I thank them enough? Let’s be contagious and encourage others to say thank you and be polite to those who are around us during this stressful time. Pastors are having a stressful time right now figuring out what to do. Do we open our church buildings to meet inside? Do we have a Drive-in Service? What do we do about Sunday School, the choir, fellowship time and the list goes on? The last thing we want to have is a member to get the Coronavirus. How can I contact my parishioner who is sick or having surgery or where death has entered in? Are our church finances doing ok? Let’s be contagious and thank our church leaders and encourage others to do the same. We have a lot to be thankful for. I challenge you to look for folks to thank, TODAY! It could be your neighbor, grocery clerk, McDonald’s Drive through, teenager or a pharmacist. God is my refuge and I trust in Him especially now that everyone is talking about the new Norm, our new normal. I know men will have their plans trying to figure out what's normal and new Norm, all I know is that I'm living for today trusting God and believing in God. I don't take anything for granted. The earth is the Lord's and everything in it belongs to him. I pray for people in Ashe Association, North Carolina, United States of America and all over the world because this pandemic affects the whole world. We are all in the world together. There are signs of the time among us. May I say, Coronavirus is not the only virus. There will be many more things to come that will affect the world, stay prayerful and stay faithful trusting God for everything and all things, amen. All glory belongs to God. Read Psalms 91. I have peace, love, joy, happiness David talks about and gets to feel the presence of God daily. Jesus died on the Cross for me and loves me unconditionally. I am thankful for all I have. I have my health, my wife, my children, my dog, a roof over my head, the list goes on and on! I am the wealthy one, I am the wealthy one indeed! Be contagious!!! We look forward to hearing God say one day, “Well done thy good and faithful servant”!  

                                                                Your Servant, David